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The modern English Standard Version provides the footnote "16:8 The meaning of Azazel is uncertain; possibly the name of a place or a demon, traditionally a scapegoat; also verses 10, 26". Most scholars accept the indication of some kind of demon or deity, [ 15 ] however Judit M. Blair notes that this is an argument without supporting ...
Paul Casanova and Steven M. Wasserstrom read the name as ‘Uzayl (عزيل), a variant of Asael (Enoch 6:8) or ‘Azazel (Leviticus 16:8), who is identified as the leader of the fallen angels called "sons of God" in Genesis 6:2.
" (NIV, Leviticus 16:7–8) In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. The concept first appears in the Book of Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.
Consequently, Leviticus 13:1-46 and 14:2-32 are viewed as one, original, text into which the mildew section was inserted at a later date. Another section of the priestly code which is considered, by critical scholars, to interlace two earlier sources, is Leviticus 16.
The first 28 verses of Leviticus 16 never mention Yom Kippur; rather, they are introduced by the phrase "In this manner shall Aaron enter the holy place". [33] Only in verses 29-34 is Yom Kippur mentioned, with a command to perform the ritual each year on Yom Kippur. [ 34 ]
Like many other fallen angels mentioned in 1 Enoch 8.1–9, Azazel introduces men to "forbidden arts", and it is Azazel who is rebuked by Enoch himself for illicit instruction, as stated in 1 Enoch 13.1. [21] According to 1 Enoch 10.6, God sends the archangel Raphael to chain Azazel in the desert Dudael as punishment. Further, Azazel is blamed ...
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Leviticus 16:1–34: The Scapegoat (painting by William Holman Hunt). The text tells the ritual of Yom Kippur.After the death of Aaron's sons, God told Moses to tell Aaron not to come at will into the Most Holy Place, lest he die, for God appeared in the cloud there.